Horizon view
Horizon from Nishina
44.5739° S, 170.7978° W · cell 2GCL
- Highest horizon point
- Nishina: 2.1° above the horizontal, 28.4 km away at azimuth 347°.
- Farthest visible point
- 58.8 km away at azimuth 148°, 0.3° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 4,752 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 36.0° under it at azimuth 221°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:18 UTC, when this page was served.
- Resolution
- Terrain resolution: about 1.9 km, the global LOLA terrain tier of 16 pixels per degree; relief smaller than that, near or far, is smoothed, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards.
Vertical scale exaggerated 10x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 347°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 36.0° under it at azimuth 221°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:18 UTC.
Terrain resolution: about 1.9 km, the global LOLA terrain tier of 16 pixels per degree; relief smaller than that, near or far, is smoothed, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards. How the horizon is computed
Peaks on the skyline
- 347° Nishina, 28.4 km away, 2.1° high, 1,280 m above the ground here
- 9° Nishina, 28.4 km away, 1.8° high, 1,127 m above the ground here
- 114° Unnamed, 45.5 km away, 1.6° high, 1,824 m above the ground here
- 269° Nishina, 29.4 km away, 1.3° high, 935 m above the ground here
- 59° Nishina, 31.3 km away, 1.2° high, 923 m above the ground here
- 292° Nishina, 33.2 km away, 0.9° high, 820 m above the ground here
A ray every 0.5 degrees out to 200 km across the NASA LRO LOLA terrain, the curvature of the Moon included; each peak is named only when an IAU feature's mapped footprint lies over the point that forms it. Smooth terrain between samples, no boulders.